{"id":107028,"date":"2014-07-31T19:16:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T02:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=107028"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:29:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:29:11","slug":"coach-sonnens-game-has-evolved-in-the-past-few-weeks-ready-for-metamoris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/coach-sonnens-game-has-evolved-in-the-past-few-weeks-ready-for-metamoris\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach: &#8216;Sonnen&#8217;s Game Has Evolved In The Past Few Weeks, Ready For Metamoris&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/quick-twitt-sonnen-gives-wand-10-days-to-sign-contract-threatens-with-blackmail\/chael-sonnen-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90467\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-90467\" title=\"Chael Sonnen Dont be scared homie png\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Chael-Sonnen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Chael-Sonnen.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Chael-Sonnen-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Chael-Sonnen-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;There no points and [Chael]\u2019s fighting the best grappler in the world today, and Galvao always goes for submissions, so Chael doing 20 minutes without being submitted\u2026 It\u2019s hard to call it a win, but for the facts involved, it wouldn\u2019t be a good result for Galvao. But I can\u2019t call it a win for Chael. It will depend on how the fight goes&#8230; He has fought MMA for years, he doesn\u2019t even remember the last time he fought a grappling match, but we\u2019re basically getting him ready for a 20-minute fight against the best grappler in the world right now.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;At first, we had to do some basics stuff because he was fighting like he used to in MMA, like resting inside his opponent\u2019s guard. He had to stop doing that. He won\u2019t have an easy time in this fight because you can\u2019t punch. His defense was cut in half for this fight. I had to do some basics with him, submission and sweeps defense, but his game started to evolve over the past few weeks.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2014\/7\/31\/5955133\/coach-chael-sonnen-refuses-to-fight-like-brendan-schaub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting.com<\/a>, Chael Sonnen&#8217;s grappling coach discussed his upcoming Metamoris match against Andre Galvao.<\/p>\n<p>Think Sonnen&#8217;s getting subbed?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There no points and [Chael]\u2019s fighting the best grappler in the world today, and Galvao always goes for submissions, so Chael doing 20 minutes without being submitted\u2026 It\u2019s hard to call it a win, but for the facts involved, it wouldn\u2019t be a good result for Galvao. 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